Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

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Christian liturgy Divine Liturgy Eucharistic service

The Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is a principal Eucharistic service in Eastern Christian tradition, noted for its lengthy, theologically rich prayers attributed to St. Basil of Caesarea and used especially on certain feast days and during Great Lent.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Byzantine liturgy of St. Basil the Great	1
Divine Liturgy	1
Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic Orthodox Church)	1
Liturgy of Saint Basil	1
Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic)	1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian liturgy ⓘ Divine Liturgy ⓘ Eucharistic service ⓘ
attributedTo	Basil of Caesarea ⓘ
distinguishedBy	emphasis on creation and salvation history ⓘ explicit Trinitarian theology ⓘ lengthy prayers ⓘ theologically rich anaphora ⓘ
frequencyComparedTo	less frequent than Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
hasComponent	Anaphora ⓘ Creed ⓘ Epiclesis ⓘ Eucharistic Prayer ⓘ Great Entrance ⓘ Little Entrance ⓘ Liturgy of the Catechumens ⓘ Liturgy of the Catechumens ⓘ surface form: Liturgy of the Faithful Trisagion Hymn ⓘ
hasLanguage	Amharic ⓘ Arabic ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ Coptic ⓘ English ⓘ Georgian ⓘ Koine Greek ⓘ various vernacular languages ⓘ
historicalDevelopment	Byzantine Rite ⓘ Cappadocian liturgical tradition ⓘ
liturgicalUse	Nativity of Christ ⓘ surface form: Eve of Nativity of Christ Feast of the Theophany ⓘ surface form: Eve of Theophany Feast of the Theophany ⓘ surface form: Feast of Theophany Nativity of Christ ⓘ surface form: Feast of the Nativity of Christ Lent ⓘ surface form: Great Lent Holy Saturday ⓘ Maundy Thursday ⓘ surface form: Holy Thursday January 1 (Feast of St. Basil in Byzantine tradition) ⓘ Sundays of Great Lent in Byzantine tradition ⓘ
namedAfter	Basil of Caesarea ⓘ surface form: Basil the Great
purpose	celebration of the Eucharist ⓘ commemoration of the Last Supper ⓘ sanctification of the faithful ⓘ
relatedTo	Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts ⓘ
religiousTradition	Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Eastern Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
usedBy	Byzantine Rite ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Rite churches Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ Eritrean Catholic Church ⓘ Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ Ethiopian Catholic Church ⓘ Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → contrastedWith → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Eastern Orthodox Christianity → hasLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Hungarian Greek Catholic Church → hasLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church → hasLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Eastern Christianity → hasPrimaryLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Alexandrian Rite → hasPrincipalAnaphora → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liturgy of Saint Basil

Orthodox Church in America → hasSecondaryLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Anaphora of Saint Basil (Coptic form) → partOf → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic Orthodox Church)

Cherubic Hymn → partOf → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Liturgy of the Catechumens → partOf → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Slovak Greek Catholic Church → preservesTraditionOf → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine liturgy of St. Basil the Great

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → primaryEucharisticLiturgies → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Coptic Rite → primaryLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liturgy of Saint Basil (Coptic)

Byzantine Rite → principalEucharisticLiturgy → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts → relatedTo → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → secondaryLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Anaphora of Saint Basil (Coptic form) → usedFor → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Divine Liturgy

Great Entrance → usedIn → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Little Entrance → usedIn → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ

Russian Greek Catholic Church → usesLiturgicalForm → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ